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Nqobile Ndlovu

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  1. Definitely yay for carbon bits. I ride an aluminium hardtail and considering a carbon seatpost and hadlebars to take the edge of the harshness in rocky trails. Besides being lighter, the elasticity of carbon allows it to flex and recover better than aluminium would. However carbon suffers catastrophically in failure and may hurt you whereas metals simply bends in failure and is repairable in cases. There's a vid on youtube addressing this issue. Word of warning, bike frames were hurt in this experiment: https://youtu.be/6APhKvaW6ig
  2. Couldnt help throwing in my one cent to this topic thats been through the thresher 100 times over. Among the stakeholders in SA roads are your local, distict and national authorities who are responsible for building and/or maintenance and classification of roads. South Africa in general has extremely poor provision for cyclist and pedestrian movement resulting in them (cyclists and pedestrians) being forced to share already congested road facilities with cars. This causes a mix of conflicting objectives and the result is simply carnage. However, developed countries on the other hand have cycle lanes in the cities, pedestrian walkways and better public transport access (not taxis!! proper buses). Even Zimbabwe has cycle lanes, albeit in massive disrepair, but their town planners contemplated the requirement!! One way to address this massive oversight is to ensure that all new residential developments are made to build walkways and cycle lanes as part of their project, old areas to be retrofitted with cycle lanes and walkways by the local councillors that you vote in.
  3. Please spare a thought for one of Namibia's treasure's who died tragically in a car accident on 01 May 2017. May his soul rest in peace and be an inspiration to the young and old alike in Namibia's biking community. http://www.namibian.com.na/54052/read/Top-cyclist-Costa-Seibeb-dies
  4. Check your derailleur hanger, preferably just replace it. It may cost you less to replace than to book your bike in for a check. Derailleur hangers are designed to bend or break in the event of excessive forces on the rear mech.
  5. This was my second Trailseeker marathon, event well organised again, but the registration needs to be addressed. I arrived 30 minutes before the scheduled "A" batch start, which I thought was enough time as I'm not seeded anywhere near the A batchers. Eventually after all delays I was 25 minutes late for my race start because I had to line up with all the fun race, fun ride, etc group to register. Organisers should consider splitting the registration desks per race and give priority to those starting earlier. JHB and outlying areas should also be given more than the day before for registration and maybe consider several other registration tables at possibly some Nissan dealerships and more sports and cycle shops. 1 venue in Melrose Arch JHB and 2 in Pretoria is just not adequate for such a big event. Besides that, the race was awesome, some of the cleared tracks in the grass were quite bumpy, quite taxing on some of us hardtailers who rely on 'perineal rear sus', but I guess that's part of the track design. The climbs were steep and short but mentally challenging enough to allow the hard riders to gain time over the others. However, passing opportunities on the steepest parts were limited which resulted in having to stop when someone less experienced in front of you found the going tough. Looking forward to Buffelsdrift and expecting some serious climbing, so hill intervals will be high on the training schedule. Thanks to the organisers and sponsors, venue owners and neighbouring landowners for the massive effort in race 1 and keep it up going forward.
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